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September 19, 2023, 2:50 pm
Medieval German synagogue added to UNESCO World Heritage list
Erfurt’s Old Synagogue dates back to the 1090s, when its first stones were laid.
By
Toby Axelrod (JTA)
July 5, 2023, 3:49 pm
US to rejoin UNESCO after Trump’s withdrawal citing ‘anti-Israel bias’
The Paris-based organisation votes overwhelmingly to readmit Washington, with 132 countries voting for it and ten voting against
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Jewish News Reporter
April 11, 2023, 7:08 pm
OPINION: Should the Westminster’s Holocaust Memorial wait for better economic times?
With so much debate for and against the £100million monument in Victoria Tower Gardens, is there an argument for putting the plans on hold, asks historian Derek Taylor?
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Derek Taylor
February 6, 2023, 7:33 am
Germany celebrates UNESCO World Heritage listing for sites known as birthplace of Yiddish, Ashkenazi culture
They were recognised by the United Nations’ education and cultural body in July 2021, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed Germany’s celebration of the designation.
By
David I Klein (JTA)
January 27, 2022, 12:01 am
WATCH: UNESCO and Jewish News join forces for Holocaust memorial exhibition
Generations exhibition features more than 50 photographs of British Holocaust survivors and their families
By
Sabrina Miller
January 27, 2021, 2:28 pm
Facebook launches comprehensive Holocaust education resource
Social media giant will 'connect users to authoritative information' about the Shoah in a bid to counter misinfirmation, while TikTok permanently alters its app to fight denial
By
Jewish News Reporter
February 24, 2020, 1:34 pm
Jewish groups slam Belgian authorities after ‘antisemitic’ carnival goes ahead
Criticism from around the world met with defiance in Aalst whose mayor defends 'satirical' use of anti-Jewish tropes in procession
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Jewish News Reporter
December 2, 2019, 9:40 am
Belgian Town Gives Up Unesco Status Following Row Over ‘antisemitism’
Decision comes as UNESCO, Jewish groups and the European Union condemned as antisemitic a parade float at the Aalst Carnival
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Jewish News Reporter
November 13, 2019, 4:52 pm
UNESCO to vote on cutting ties with Belgian carnival where Jews mocked
United Nations body will decide if it should distance itself from the Aalst parade, in which a float appears with an effigy of grinning Jews holding money
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JTA
May 24, 2019, 2:37 pm
World Jewish Congress president is new board member for Babi Yar memorial
Ronald Lauder takes up role in in Kiev, Ukraine, ahead of the planned museum opening in 2023 to remember those murdered
By
Jenni Frazer
April 29, 2019, 2:36 pm
Government submits revised plans for Westminster Holocaust memorial
Communities department's new proposal comes in the wake of opposition and criticism from 'Save Victoria Tower Gardens' campaign
By
Jewish News Reporter
February 27, 2019, 4:57 pm
Andrea Leadsom and Baroness Evans express support for Shoah memorial
The leaders of the Britain’s two parliamentary chambers have written a joint letter of support for a planned Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
By
Jewish News Reporter
February 26, 2019, 3:06 pm
UNESCO adviser opposes Victoria Tower Gardens memorial over ‘visual impact’
With just weeks before an expected decision by Westminster Council in early April, the memorial’s backers were hit by a barrage of criticism.
By
Jewish News Reporter
February 8, 2019, 1:38 pm
High life in the Andes!
In the footsteps of Incas and conquistadors, Stephen Oryszcuk heads for Peru and finds some startling and exotic sights
By
Stephen Oryszczuk
January 1, 2019, 10:03 am
Israel and US quit UN cultural agency over bias
The countries officially left Unesco, the UN's educational, scientific and cultural agency, at the stroke of midnight over claims it fosters unchecked anti-Israel bias.
By
Jewish News Reporter
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